Inflight 200 Twa, 1980 Boeing 747-100 , Twin Stripe Die Cast

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Inflight 200 Twa, 1980 Boeing 747-100 , Twin Stripe Die Cast: $230

TWA

TWIN STRIPE

Boeing 747 - 100

If you are looking for the best... you have found it... This model represents the TWA 747-100 registration N53110, as it appeared in 1980 with the twin stripes livery. The InFilght 200 production of this model was 552 pieces worldwide. INFLIGHT 200 is known worldwide to produce museum quality die cast desk models..They are very highly detailed with rubber tires, turning fan blades, steering nose gear.

Inflight models are very low production with only 426 worldwide.. making it very collectable and selling out very fast.. This 1:200 die cast scale detailed airplane model was produced to specifications from the aircraft manufacturer and the airline company.

Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (TWA 800), a Boeing
747-100, exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New
York, on July 17, 1996, at about 8:31 PM EDT, 12 minutes after takeoff from John
F. Kennedy International Airport on a scheduled international passenger flight
to Rome, with a stopover in Paris. All 230 people on board were killed, the
third-deadliest aviation accident to occur in U.S. territory.

While accident investigators from the National
Transportation Safety Board traveled to the scene, arriving the following
morning, there was much initial speculation that a terrorist attack was the
cause of the crash. Consequently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation initiated
a parallel criminal investigation. Sixteen months later the FBI announced that
no evidence had been found of a criminal act and closed its active
investigation.

The four-year NTSB investigation concluded with the
approval of the Aircraft Accident Report on August 23, 2000, ending the most
extensive, complex, and costly air disaster investigation in United States
history. The report's conclusion was that the probable cause of the accident was
an explosion of flammable fuel/air vapors in a fuel tank, and, although it could
not be determined with certainty, the most likely cause of the explosion was a
short circuit. As a result of the investigation, new requirements were developed
for aircraft to prevent future fuel tank explosions.

Many TWA Flight 800 alternative theories exist, the most
prevalent being that a missile strike from a terrorist or U.S. Navy vessel
caused the crash, and is the subject of a government coverup.